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Dispar compacta
About 22mm long. Tan coloured with a patch of white middle of underwing. Pale setae around thorax and under head.
Resting on a Solanaceae (kangaroo apple?) leaf in a country nature reserve.
Thanks bayucca for ID.
Apparently these sleep in the day and are active at night. No wonder it was so cooperative. Refused to show upper wing surfaces though.
family: HESPERIIDAE
subfamily: TRAPEZITINAE
genus: Dispar
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Upper wing surfaces seen since at spotting....
http://www.sabutterflies.org.au/hesp/com...
Hesperiidae, Trapezitinae, should be Dispar compacta. Please, verify as well...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispar_comp...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showima...
http://www.sabutterflies.org.au/hesp/com...
http://www.sabutterflies.org.au/hesp/com...
Spotted on Jan 21, 2014
Submitted on Jan 21, 2014
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